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Published August 6, 2011 In this episode you're going to learn the details that go into planning a trip to your ancestor's homeland. NEWS: called Monday Midwest Family history Expo posted on 8/1/11.\xa0 GEM: More Online Newspapers This week the Library of Congress updated Chronicling America to include newspapers from 3 new states added to the program in 2010 and additional coverage for 1836-1859. New Mexico, Tennessee and Vermont are now included with 22 other states and the District of Columbia in Chronicling America's almost 4 million pages of historic newspaper pages, published between 1836 and 1922.\xa0 So you can start searching at \xa0 Swedish Genealogical Society of Colorado is going to host the SwedGenTour 2011 September 17, 2011 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Aurora, Colorado.\xa0 You can register at the \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Genealogy Gems Podcast App Users are getting a special bonus with this episode.\xa0 Swedish Researcher\xa0 Yvonne Hendrickson has graciously provided a a terrific pdf file called How to Find Your Swedish Roots.\xa0 GEM: Railway Records has partnered with the UK\u2019s National Archives to launch the Railway Employment Records, 1833 \u2013 1963, an online collection containing the employment-related records of British railway workers dating back to the invention of the locomotive in the early 19th century. The records date from 1833 and by the middle of the 20th century. FamilySearch recently announced that they have digitized historic records from eight countries and added them to FamilySearch.org.\xa0 In addition to 1.8 million new U.S. records, collections from seven other countries were added including Canada, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Mexico, Philippines, and Poland. Newspapers The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced on July 27, 2011 awards totaling $3.8 million to 13 institutions representing their states in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). These means there will be new digitized historic\xa0 newspapers coming to the free section of the Library of Congress website in mid-2012.\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Your chance to help bring the 1812 records Indiana Genealogical Society - You can find out more about the .Thanks for a wonderful podcast and all your genealogy gems!\xa0 Visit Tina\u2019s Blog: New Video Cast on YouTube on UK News at YouTube packed with over 50 family history related videos.\xa0 Nick Barratt and Laura Berry of Your Family History magazine out of the UK at . They have created a new YouTube video channel called appopriately enough . MAILBOX: RootsMagic questions so\xa0 I went right to the source Bruce Buzbee, founder of RootsMagic and he\u2019s got the answers.\xa0 \u201cWould I create a "land" fact in the entry for my great-grandfather, and just describe the land in it?\xa0 Thanks again for your terrific podcasts. I just started listening to the Family Tree podcasts, and am excited to start using the tips shared in those episodes as well.\u201d Bruce recommends adding a "Property" fact type (which is one of the fact types built into RM and which is officially supported in GEDCOM).\xa0 You can use the date field to show the time period the land was owned, and can use the note to enter any description of the land. Then he recommends using the various documents as sources for that fact type. When you are adding a new source to RM, you can type "land" into the "Search for source type" field on the "Select Source Type" screen to filter the list of source types down to ones relating to land records. Kai has a question about image and source citations. "I've always attached source media to events/facts and now I'm wondering whether\xa0 there's any point in going through and removing every media item from the individual events/facts and instead attaching it to the relevant source. Since sharing events between people is so easy, I haven't seen much point in doing it before now.\u201d\xa0 Bruce says there probably isn't a compelling reason right now to move existing images from events to sources or citations.\xa0 There may be in the future, but we would also work to make it easier to do that at that time.\xa0 Kai\u2019s second question is \u201cI'm wondering whether you record your negative research (i.e. searched particular resource, nothing found) within RM."\xa0 Bruce says "RootsMagic allows you to add facts (of any type... birth, marriage, death, etc) and set the "Proof" for that fact to "Disputed" or "Proven false".\xa0 It then draw that fact on screen with a redline through it. Second, when entering a source citation, you can enter the "Quality", which follows the BCG standard and allows you to set the "Evidence" to negative.\xa0 However, that doesn't mean the source is wrong.\xa0 It means that the source didn't contain the information you expected to find in it.\u201d And finally Kate wrote in asking for help with migrating from Family Tree Maker to RootsMagic and found a right on the RootsMagic web site.\xa0 .\xa0 GEM: Preparing for a visit to the National Archives Here are Lisa\u2019s tips for preparing for a research visit: 1.\xa0 National Archives in the UK video series called 2. Do a Google search by file type SEARCH:\xa0 National Archives Genealogy Research .ppt at the National Archives powerpoint presentation\xa0 3. Check out Lisa\u2019s interviews with Margery Bell of the Family History Centers which are full of great ideas for preparing for a research trip, regardless of whether it is to the National Archives or the Family History Library.\xa0 episodes 17, 18 & 19\xa0 Genealogy has no borders! Keith in the UK sent me one of those recently through Google+.\xa0 He writes: \u201cI've only just started listening to your podcasts, and think they're brilliant! I like the fact that you cover off places outside of the US as well, as its hard to find a good UK podcast. Keep up the great work\u201d British Home children Follow up Bill wrote in recently to share his connection to a recent episode:\xa0 \u201cI love your podcasts! Episode 111 featuring a gem on British Home Children touched my heart especially. My mother's father was one of the Britsh Home Children.\u201d \xa0During my stay with them in England, Mom's cousin said that she thought that my grandfather Richard Ing had come to Canada as one of the Barnardo Home children, mentioning that she and her husband knew some of the Bernardo family personally. I said that I had never heard of him coming out with Barnardo Homes. Much later, I discovered that she was right about him being one of the British Home Children!\xa0 You can read more from Bill about his Ing family at his genealogy blog at blog: GEM: How to Travel to Your Ancestor's Homeland Kathy Wurth About\xa0Family Tree Tours: Family Tree Tours provides research assistance to genealogy enthusiasts and ancestry trips to German-speaking countries. Whether a group heritage tour, private genealogy tour, or independent heritage trip, owner Kathy Wurth and on-the-ground German expert Matthias Uthoff provide you the opportunity to learn more about your family\xa0roots, to connect with family, and to learn about your ancestors before they made their emigration journey. With a passion for both genealogical research and travel, Kathy and Matthias work closely with you to ensure your family\xa0research trip is a success. \u201cNo family tree\xa0research is complete until you experience the place your family\xa0came from,\u201d says Kathy Wurth, owner of Family Tree Tours. \u201cThere\u2019s no feeling more exhilarating than walking the streets your ancestors walked. Even if you don\u2019t know your hometown, our European Heritage professionals help you paint the picture of your ancestors\u2019 lives. Our new website helps us make your research come alive.\u201d